Thread: Huon

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Without doubt one of the worlds 'finest' timbers...MM

So nice MM! Do you ever get quantities of boards? I'm in Brisbane but struggling to find any without shipping from Tas.

Originally Posted by jw2373

So nice MM! Do you ever get quantities of boards? I'm in Brisbane but struggling to find any without shipping from Tas.

They are lovely pieces mate and the ONLY bits of Huon that i have owned...and no i don't have any boards unfortunately...really is a gorgeous timber though particularly when carrying figure...MM

Hi jw2373, Your best bet here in Bris is Trevor Gaskell (TG Creations) 3142 0754. Is on his way to Tassie today stocking up on Huon. Give him a couple of weeks and he will fix you up with whatever you need. Brian.

Thanks for the heads up Brian. I assume you mean call him after he is back? Good timing it seems. Thanks for the advice. Josh.

A really underrated timber in my opinion. I love the smell. I've got a few small pieces for drawer fronts from another member that have a huge amount of Birdseye and can't wait to use it. I thought you would have heaps, from my reading of other posts you don't do things by halves!

Originally Posted by jw2373

A really underrated timber in my opinion. I love the smell. I've got a few small pieces for drawer fronts from another member that have a huge amount of Birdseye and can't wait to use it. I thought you would have heaps, from my reading of other posts you don't do things by halves!

Had i lived in Tassie i would have sniffed and hunted down the 'cream' of the Huon ...but alas ...that said i have had the pleasure of milling a number of equally 'worthy' species over the years,often with the most magnificent figure...particularly Queensland Maple!
There is something that stirs me though when i see a cracker piece of 'Birds-eye' Huon...just love it ...MM

Nice pieces Mapleman, always a pleasure to see good huon with birdseye.

I lived on the west coast of Tassie 20 years ago and managed to put a "few" nice pieces away for a rainy day, just haven't seen the rain yet unlike the west coast. In particular, I have a disc of huon cut off the end off an old log that is 4' in diameter, probably 3000 years old, as well as a single slab that is 14' x 4'. Some ripper birdseye slabs and veneer cut from a salvaged log too.

Funnily enough, 20 years ago you could get a craft permit to salvage logs from the lakes and rivers, they royalty was about $500 per cube. I used to head out in the morning, fish for trout at dawn, salvage huon pine all day then hang a lure out the back of the boat on the way back to the boat ramp with a cold can that had been in hessian bag in the freezing water. It was the best office in the world! Some of the stumps we would find were so big that we couldn't lift them on the ute, so we would back the old hilux down the boat ramp until the tray was under water then float the stumps onto the tray, tie them down and take off with the water pouring out of the cab!

But my stories pale in comparison to those told by the old piners. I remember sitting on the benches near the twin saws at the mill in Strahan and listening to old Bob Crane telling stories of being in the bush 60 years earlier, floating logs down the rivers and making huge log rafts, the smell of freshly cut huon wafting through the mill. Those blokes did it way tougher than us, hats off to them!

Cheers,

James

Originally Posted by tassietimbers

Nice pieces Mapleman, always a pleasure to see good huon with birdseye.

I lived on the west coast of Tassie 20 years ago and managed to put a "few" nice pieces away for a rainy day, just haven't seen the rain yet unlike the west coast. In particular, I have a disc of huon cut off the end off an old log that is 4' in diameter, probably 3000 years old, as well as a single slab that is 14' x 4'. Some ripper birdseye slabs and veneer cut from a salvaged log too.

Funnily enough, 20 years ago you could get a craft permit to salvage logs from the lakes and rivers, they royalty was about $500 per cube. I used to head out in the morning, fish for trout at dawn, salvage huon pine all day then hang a lure out the back of the boat on the way back to the boat ramp with a cold can that had been in hessian bag in the freezing water. It was the best office in the world! Some of the stumps we would find were so big that we couldn't lift them on the ute, so we would back the old hilux down the boat ramp until the tray was under water then float the stumps onto the tray, tie them down and take off with the water pouring out of the cab!

But my stories pale in comparison to those told by the old piners. I remember sitting on the benches near the twin saws at the mill in Strahan and listening to old Bob Crane telling stories of being in the bush 60 years earlier, floating logs down the rivers and making huge log rafts, the smell of freshly cut huon wafting through the mill. Those blokes did it way tougher than us, hats off to them!

Cheers,

James

Holy Tomoly ...i can hear the angels singing ...trout fishing at dawn ...salvaging Huon by day ...MM

Originally Posted by tassietimbers

But my stories pale in comparison to those told by the old piners. I remember sitting on the benches near the twin saws at the mill in Strahan and listening to old Bob Crane telling stories of being in the bush 60 years earlier, floating logs down the rivers and making huge log rafts, the smell of freshly cut huon wafting through the mill. Those blokes did it way tougher than us, hats off to them!

Cheers,

James

Certain there would have been some marvellous stories told James...bred 'em tough back then alright...MM